Afghan private Ariana TV aired the Haqiqat (The Truth) feature on 20 July to analyse the tense relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Pakistan's tendency to expand its influence over Afghanistan and the impact of the recent suspension of scheduled meetings between Afghan and Pakistani officials.

Text of analytical report by Anisa Shahid, entitled: "Attack on Indian embassy harms the country's political prestige" by independent Afghan newspaper Cheragh on 10 July Three days passed from the attack on the Indian embassy, but discussions are still continuing about it in the media.

Text of report headlined "Afghanistan sends medical aid to Kurram Agency" published by Pakistani newspaper Dawn website on 9 July Peshawar, July 8: The Afghan government has sent life-saving drugs and surgical equipment to avert a humanitarian crisis in the strife-torn Parachinar and other parts of the Kurram Agency, where hospitals are running short of medicines because of a nine-month- old blockade of the area by local Taliban militants.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - International relief
agencies working in Pakistan's earthquake affected areas have
been told to observe dress codes and behavior that don't offend
local sensitivities, an official said on Tuesday.

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan must have a balanced foreign
policy, with good relations with the United States and India as
well as immediate neighbors Pakistan and Iran, the nominee for
foreign minister said on Thursday.

KARACHI (Reuters) - An explosion shook a park in the
Pakistan port city of Karachi on Tuesday where Muslim
worshippers had gathered to celebrate the anniversary of
Prophet Mohammad's birthday, police said. The cause of the blast and number of casualities was not
immediately known.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb blast killed at least
one man and wounded 15 others in Peshawar on Tuesday hours
after the United States said it had temporarily closed its
consulate in the northwestern Pakistani city after receiving a
threat.

KARACHI (Reuters) - A blast was heard and witnesses saw
smoke rising in Karachi on Thursday from an area between the
U.S. consulate and the Marriott Hotel, with U.S. President
George W. Bush due to visit Pakistan in the next couple of
days.

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